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During September, we will be carrying out an assurance check of Conwy County Council's children’s social services.
The inspection, which took place between 9 and 11 June 2026, assessed the local authority's social services and health board's performance in exercising their statutory duties and functions.
Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW) and Estyn will introduce an updated joint inspection framework for settings funded to provide early education from September 2026
These revised procedures strengthen the way safeguarding allegations against practitioners and those in positions of trust are managed across Wales
Merthyr Tydfil's children's services benefit from compassionate leadership and a motivated workforce, but the voice of the child is not yet consistently heard in practice and further work is needed to strengthen assessment quality and threshold application.
Working with Healthcare Inspectorate Wales, we inspected the work of Neath Port Talbot Council and Swansea Bay University Health Board.
This letter describes the findings of our assurance check carried out in May 2026.
This letter describes the findings of our assurance check carried out between 27 April and 1 May 2026.
This letter describes the findings of our assurance check carried out in April 2026.
This letter describes the findings of our assurance check during March 2026
